ScotRails Kids For a Quid

ScotRail’s new campaign is offering off-peak kids train travel for just £1 this includes the weekend and school holidays- amazing right?! Normally when we find ‘great deals’ they can be quite restrictive not allowing you to use them at weekends, between certain times or unless you are also bringing your pet cat* Also good news if you’re a commuter and already have a rail pass as you can get this deal using your pass too!

*this is a totally exaggerated point

With your kids train ticket one child can gain free entry into some top days out across Scotland - I’ll pop a little link here so you can check out all the great places that you can use it.

The first few weeks starting a new school and how to help your child to adjust.

A little background…

It all happened when Eilidh began primary 4. Eilidh’s school is a very small school. There was only 22 in the entire school primary 1 - 7. So they’re multi-composite classes (ie several year groups make up one class). We were always so proud of Eilidh getting to go to a small school, it had a real family like feel to it. We loved that we knew all the kids, all the parents and could catch their teacher at the end of every day. A luxury you just wouldn’t get in larger schools.

However since starting primary 4 and moving into the ‘big class’ we noticed huge changes in Eilidh’s behaviour and attitude at home. She wasn’t the happy girl we had just a few short months before, she didn’t put much care into school. Eilidh was one of those girls who would be in tears and filled with worry if she had forgotten anything but she changed to a girl who just wasn’t bothered at all. She wasn’t getting a good sleep at night and found it very hard to settle down to get to sleep. We tried lots of things to get it right but we were totally stuck for what was causing it all. She had become very frustrated, angry and moody - it was like a glimpse into those teenage years. We were very concerned about what was going on. When she came home from school she wouldn’t want to play, she just wanted to play on her tablet or watch tv which was very unusual for her.

We’ve had our super king Simba mattress for nearly two weeks now so I thought I would make a start on my review of it. From arrival to how it feels, to comfort and practically.

First off when it arrives it comes in a large, very heavy, box. The mattress is all ergonomically rolled up inside - how handy if you have a really awkward stairway. There’ll no be no ‘PIVOT’ here (if you don’t know this reference- have a word with yourself and use Dr Google)

Accidental parenting is a term I first heard when I was expecting Eilidh. It was from a pregnancy book called ‘The baby whisperer’ by Tracey Hogg. Back then, being a teen about to become a mum it was the only insight I had into what parenting and caring for a newborn would be like. I’m sure Instagram was a thing back then too but not the supportive, social network it is now.